2003 Mazda Tribute: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Apr 9, 2014 · Electrical · 147,000 miles · OK · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mazda tribute. The contact stated that after driving the vehicle for 15 minutes, she drove it into a drive way and after shifting into park the brake light illuminated. The contact stated that she shifted into drive and back to park to see if the vehicle would reset itself but the ABS light illuminated for 3 seconds and shut off. The contact turned the vehicle off and exit the vehicle. The contact stated that about an hour and a half later, she was informed that the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department was notified and extinguished the fire. The fire department filed a report and stated that the fire was mechanical and confirmed that the vehicle had been on fire for a least an hour. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not inspected. The failure mileage was 147,000.

Filed Sep 16, 2013 · Engine · 139,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mazda tribute. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, smoke was seen coming for under the hood. The contact opened the hood to allow the smoke to exit and called a tow trunk. The tow truck driver stated that the vehicle was safe to drive however, when the contact started the vehicle, the check engine and the ABS warning lights were illuminated. The contact drove the vehicle and parked the vehicle again. The vehicle was on fire and destroyed the vehicle. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. The fire department did not state what caused the fire. The contact called the manufacturer to file a report. The manufacturer stated they would not take a report until there was a fire report issued that stated what caused the fire. The contact did not have a report of what caused the fire. The failure mileage was 139,000.

Filed Apr 17, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · OR · fire

My 2003 mazda tribute was recalled in may 2007 for ABS voluntary safety recall. I took it in that same month and the dealer determined module connector did not need to be replaced. On march 15, 2012 ABS light came on for no reason and stayed on for an hour. Took it to have it checked on march 17, code could not be determined. Upon inspection everything looked fine. I was instructed to take it to the dealership should the ABS light come on again. Two days later, on march 19, 2012 I had been at work for an hour with my car parked when I was notified that my car was on fire. The car was totaled due to the fire. According to the recall of may 2007, an electrical short could cause an ABS malfunction which would illuminate the ABS light and could result in "burning odor, smoke, and/or fire. This could occur either when the vehicle ignition switch is in the off position or while the vehicle is being operated." my car was off when this occurred. I believe that had the module connector been replaced in 2007 when I took it in under the safety recall, this fire wouldn't have occurred.

Filed Mar 8, 2012 · Brakes · 100,000 miles · AR · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mazda tribute. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked in a residential garage when the contact heard an explosion. The contact then noticed that the vehicle was in flames and the fire department was contacted to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed for the failure and declared as destroyed. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 07v157000 (service brakes, hydraulic:anti lock:control unit/module ) in which the contact had experienced similar symptoms as that which was described in the recall but the vehicle was not included in the recall. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Mar 30, 2007 · Engine · 39,000 miles · NE · fire

Wife drove 2003 mazda tribute to arby's (I was meeting her there), got out of car and walked up to the entrance. As she got to arby's door, someone outside mentioned to her that her car was smoking. She came inside to get me and as I came out a lot of smoke was coming out of the engine compartment. I unlocked the car cracked the hood slightly where I saw flames close to the firewall. Used fire extinguisher to put out flames. Fire seemed to originate towards the back of the engine close to brake master cylinder. I have many pictures of the engine compartment if needed. Seems similar to the federal safety agency action # pe06048.

Filed Mar 20, 2007 · Electrical · 71,000 miles · FL · fire

2003 mazda tribute caught on fire while parked in front of house. It had not been driven since the night before. Damage was limited to engine compartment. It appeared to have originated from the anti-lock braking electonic control module directly below the power steering reservoir. The car horn/alarm started beeping, and owner of car responded to see smoke coming from the hood. Owner opened the hood and observed fire from the electrical components. The fire department was immediately called.

Filed Dec 9, 2006 · Electrical, Fuel system · 37,162 miles · KY · fire · 1 injury

Just bought a 2003 mazda tribute from toyota of nicholasville 3 weeks ago. Went out to the garage to start it this morning and the thing caught fire. Put it out with fire extinguisher. The air filter area is burned and melted. My wife no longer feels safe driving this vehicle(isn't repaired yet), with our young child strapped in the car seat. I sustained small burns to my hands putting the fire out.

Filed Sep 23, 2003 · Fuel system · 2,450 miles · AL · crash · fire · 1 injury

After the vehicle was involved in a collision, the engine compartment caught fire due to leaking gasoline on the manifold. *ak *ts